Fur Trade
An animal skin with fur on it
What is a pelt?
The workmen who transported the goods of the fur trade
Who are the Voyageurs?
People moving from the East to the West during the 1800's
What is Westward Expansion?
Land set aside by the US Gov't for Native American groups
What is a reservation?
Goods that Europeans wanted during the fur trade
What is animal/beaver pelts?
The exchange of goods between Europeans and Native Americans
What is the Fur Trade?
A person who translates for people that speak different languages.
What is an Interpreter?
The people who were moving West(newcomers)
Who are settlers?
Self ruling and independent
What is Sovereign?
Goods that Native Americans wanted in the fur trade
What are metal tools, glass beads, guns, tobacco, etc.?
Carrying a boat or it's cargo over land
What is Portage?
The owner/boss of the trading post(big cheese)
Who is the Trader/Partner?
A written agreement between 2 or more sovereign nations
What is a treaty?
Annual payments of food and money the US paid to Native Americans in exchange for their lands
What is an annuity?
This person got furs ready to trade
What are pelt preparers?
A source or supply of a useful material
What is a Resource?
Person hired to help people find their way through unfamiliar lands
What is a Guide?
A military base built near where the MN and Mississippi Rivers meet
What is Fort Snelling?
Adopting the habits and values of a larger group of people
What is assimilation?
This person provided the animal skins/pelts for the fur trade
Who were the Hunter/Trappers?
The extra money you have after you have paid for all your expenses
What is Profit?
The person who runs the trading post and keeps records
Who is a Clerk?
The sacred place where the Dakota believed their whole peoples began(confluence)
What is the Bdote?
When Pike's Land Treaty signed
What is 1805?
This is the best MN Studies teacher at CRMS
Who is Mr. Boelke?